It didn't look like this person was shielding her / his eyes from anything, unless of course their eyes are located in their ears? (might go some way to explain why it would require a hearing aid) but then this would mean we're talking aliens, aliens that probably walk sideways.. it didn't look like it was walking sideways.
The guy said he filmed the portion we were seeing off his tv, so all we really need for a better view is the dvd.. i'm holding out for a 1080p release